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The Outsiders is about a story written in 1960s by the main lead, Ponyboy Curtis. Through narration, the story was told in a first person perspective. The story evolves between two groups of people, the lower-class group of Oklahoma youths called greasers and the upper-class youth from the west side of town called Socials, Socs for short. One night, some of the Socs were unhappy with some of the greasers when they befriended their girlfriend, Cherry Valance and Marcia at a drive-in. Later that…

Claim: Pinchbeck made a claim that our society has not been constructed to think about the idea of plants and chemicals that can show the association between the mind, natural and supernatural world. (6) Grounds: The grounds for this claim is that we should find a sense of balance between our physical world and our innerselves. First, Pinchbeck indicated that this “yearning that went far deeper than a desire to get a good story” and goes to explain that this was a “mystical lottery ticket” into…

culture and history, the world of interactivity has expanded our human creativity simply through digital technologies. Each interactive work studied has disruptive features that can be studied with four theories; cultural, functionalist, experience and techno-futurist. The author uses various concrete examples, but predominantly focused on the example of Camille Utterback’s, Text Rain. When an audience participates the art becomes a concentration on their experience and thus examines the…

TV INFLUENCES- Fifty Years of Fashion by Valerie Steele p.118- Yuppie culture may have helped to be defined by popular TV shows such as Dynasty, a popular obsession and 1980s nighttime TV series. End paraphrase. The show garnered worldwide popularity, coinciding with the increased demand of cable within the households in Western culture. The show exhibited the lifestyle of the wealthy, wearing luxurious designer garments, perhaps responsible for furthering the ‘wealthy’ appearance trend of the…

anti-war, [yet] educated” (Bonkowski). The next generation to have unique writing styles is Generation X which “lasted from 1961 to 1981” (Bonkowski). The people during this time period had different views from Baby Boomers. Their views were more “techno-savvy, independent, [yet] focused” (Bonkowski). Now the current generation, or the Millennials, “began in 2001” (Hisham) and is still underway. This generation has been the most affected by the technological advances. The views of the people are…

instruments including “the talking drum, kora (large harp-lute), and djembe (goblet-shaped hand drum)” (Lesson 6), but he also utilizes other instruments like “electric guitars, bass, synthesizer, and keyboards to produce African-flavored music with a techno beat” (Lesson 6). However, later on in…

Take a step south of the Mason-Dixon Line and ask about music. You will find that, while all different genres of music from techno to jazz are enjoyed, the south is built on country music. Country is a genre of music that not only gives the listener something enjoyable to tap their foot to, but is often relatable. Country is a style of music that no matter what kind of day the listener is having or the mood they are in, the perfect song exists. Whatever a person is feeling, there is an artist…

Along with Facebook, Twitter is an extremely popular social media website, and ranks second in popularity among users. Founded in 2006, Twitter is a fast-paced mini blog where posts are limited to 140 characters. With more than 320 million active monthly users, the health care industry has embraced Twitter(5). Twitter provides instant updates on current events as they happen. A recent study(5) examined posts made by orthodontic patients on Twitter in order to assess perceptions of…

What kind of crime would you have mostly commit it you went to prison? What if they made school buses different colors of the rainbow? What do you think of modern techno renditions of nursery rhyme songs? Can “The Great Gatsby,” still be representative of today’s American Dream? What if Germany had won WWII? Did you know that a report published that there are over one- hundred million sharks killed every year compared…

According to Bar, (2002) the Upper Paleolithic is the process that changed from middle Paleolithic to Upper Paleolithic. This process was typically considered mainly as the major revolution of its kind in the first history of human evolution. The concept represented an observable event in parts of Eurasia; however its presence across other regions was not effectively noticed. The events included the biological, cultural, technological as well as environmental and geographical features/event of…